Originally Posted by
Ramona_W
Anyone can ride a black bike or a white one but it takes a certain amount of panache to carry off an orange one. Furthermore, I don't know what the autumn/winter weather is like where you live but here in the Pacific Northwest there are many days that would have been immensely cheered up by having a bright orange bike to jump onto.
I'm curious about the single fender in the front though. Why the front?
Turning always results in water in the shoes. The rear fender wasn't mounting without wrecking the paint, and the rack and seat tube do most of the work anyway. So both of my bikes are rear fender-less.
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2006 Trek SU100, 2009 Motobecane Fantom CX, 2011 Motobecane Fantom Cross Uno, and a Bakfiets
Previously: 2000 Trek 4500 (2000-2003), 2003 Novara Randonee (2003-2006), 2003 Giant Rainier (2003-2008), 2005 Xootr Swift (2005-2007), 2007 Nashbar 1x9 (2007-2011), 2011 Windsor Shetland (2011-2014), 2008 Citizen Folder (2015)
Non-Bike hardware: MX Linux / BunsenLabs Linux / Raspbian / Mac OS 10.6 / Android 7